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While there have been many reports on the evaluation of disease activity and infectious diseases using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography\/computed tomography (PET\/CT), the clinical value of FDG PET\/CT in scrub typhus has not been fully investigated. We enrolled 17 patients who were 18 years of age or older and clinically suspected of having scrub typhus with eschar. Clinical assessments, blood samples, and FDG PET\/CT images were obtained at enrolment and again after 3 weeks. The median age of the patients was 65 years; 9 (52.9%) patients were male. On initial FDG PET\/CT, the eschars showed markedly increased FDG uptake on PET imaging that improved after treatment. Generalized lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly with high FDG uptake were observed in all patients. On follow-up FDG PET\/CT after appropriate therapy, FDG uptake and sizes of eschar, lymph nodes, and spleen were markedly decreased. 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